LOCAL NEWS

5:48 pm

Wed April 30, 2014

Philanthropist Talks Preparing Children With Disabilities For Adult Life

If you’re a Celtics fan, you already know about Corinne Grousbeck. She’s a fixture at most games, sitting courtside with her husband, team co-owner Wyc Grousbeck. But when she’s not cheering on the Green and White, Corinne is deeply involved in her other passion, The Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, where the Grousbeck’s son Campbell will graduate this spring.

The prospect that Campbell, who was born without sight, will soon enter the adult world has highlighted a major issue for the Grousbecks: how to prepare children with disabilities for adult life.